Friday, September 8 2006
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
This 9/11 film is subtle to a fault; this is a quality you may not expect in a film from Danny Leiner, master of the vehicular stoner comedy.
Thursday, August 17 2006
The Great New Wonderful (2005)
Lack of understanding will be a sort of theme for Danny Leiner's film, uneven but full of rewarding subtleties.
Monday, December 15 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Allan Quartermain is complex, to be sure, resenting imperialism even as he embodies it.
Thursday, July 10 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
'You're probably too young to remember,' Allan Quartermain (Sean Connery) tells the messenger, 'but the Empire is always in some kind of peril.'"
Sunday, January 1 1995
Monsoon Wedding (2002)
If Nair's romance of India is a bit too 'exotic' for you, there are always the worn out cliches about flowers, and beauty and love.
